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Test 6 · ★ · Kinds of sentences: statements, questions, commands, excla…

A boomer neighbour reads "Shoes must be worn" at the pool shop and says "but I've got no shoes in my bag, bummer." ("Bummer" means what a pain.) What's the sensible reading?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boomer neighbour, I, Bummer, sensible reading · What happens: read, wear, say, get, mean, pain · To what, where: Shoes, pool shop, bag · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 7 «Kinds of sentences: statements, questions, commands, exclamations» of the language course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

Sentence 1: A boomer neighbour reads "Shoes must be worn" at the pool shop and says "but I've got no shoes in my bag, bummer."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 neighbour	det
2	boomer	boomer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 neighbour	compound
3	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reads	nsubj
4	reads	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 worn	punct
6	Shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 worn	nsubj:pass
7	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 worn	aux
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 worn	aux:pass
9	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reads	ccomp
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 worn	punct
11	at	at	ADP	_	14 shop	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 shop	det
13	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 shop	compound
14	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 worn	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 says	cc
16	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 worn	conj
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	21 got	punct
18	but	but	CCONJ	_	21 got	cc
19	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	21 got	nsubj
20	've	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 got	aux
21	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	16 says	ccomp
22	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	23 shoes	det
23	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 got	obj
24	in	in	ADP	_	26 bag	case
25	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 bag	nmod:poss
26	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 shoes	nmod
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 bummer	punct
28	bummer	bummer	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 shoes	conj
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 reads	punct
30	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 reads	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	present	a boomer neighbour						vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	wear in a quote	must · passive		Shoes		the pool shop			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme
3	say speech: assert	present							vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	get in a quote	present · perfect	I	no shoes and bummer		my bag			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shoe=Stimulus

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Sentence 2: ("Bummer" means what a pain.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Bummer	punct
3	Bummer	bummer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	nsubj
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Bummer	punct
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 pain	nsubj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pain	det
8	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
10	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Bummer						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	pain								tree rules

Sentence 3: What's the sensible reading?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 reading	det
4	sensible	sensible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 reading	amod
5	reading	reading	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the sensible reading						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

You must carry spare shoes in a bag

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 carry	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 carry	aux
3	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	spare	spare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 shoes	amod
5	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 carry	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 bag	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bag	det
8	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	must	You	spare shoes		a bag			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent shoe=Value in bag=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

People must wear shoes in the shop

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	People	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wear	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 wear	aux
3	wear	wear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wear	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 shop	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 shop	det
7	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wear	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	must	People	shoes		the shop			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme

Option 3

Only shoes can enter the shop

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 shoes	advmod
2	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 enter	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 enter	aux
4	enter	enter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 shop	det
6	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 enter	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enter	can	shoes	the shop					vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme shop=Destination

Option 4

Shoes are for sale and must be bought

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sale	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sale	cop
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 sale	case
4	sale	sale	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 bought	cc
6	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 bought	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 bought	aux:pass
8	bought	buy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 sale	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Shoes					for sale	tree rules
2	buy	must · passive	Shoes not said here						vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»

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